Thanks ReedP. I need the data through the API in real time so that I can process the information directly through my app. So the AdWords UI option wouldn't work. I also need the keyword and ad group IDs. The structure report wouldn't work because I need the first page cpc, which it doesn't provide.
I appreciate your response. On Jun 30, 7:55 am, ReedP <pow...@nauticom.net> wrote: > If you want information on ALL of your keywords, then use the > Structure Report in the report service. If you can deal with only > getting information on those that have had activity, then you can just > schedule an automated report in the adWords UI and have it mailed to > you. The latter is great because it is free and because you don't > (usually) need to worry about receiving the data before it's ready in > the Google warehouse (because Google decides when to send you the > file). It's aso great > because the data comes down in CSV format instead of XML, which means > that you can process it a lot faster (not a small consideration if > you're talking about a lot of keywords). If you need bidding > information, (max CPC, etc) then you'll need the Structure Reports, > which can sometimes get to be too large to easily deal with or parse - > I download just under 2m keywords each night, and the processing takes > about 3 hours of wall clock time. > > I wouldn't worry about the availability of reporting in the 2009 API - > just keep using the non-2009 ReportingService until the 2009 API > catches up with it. > > On Jun 28, 1:19 am, Raffy <espinne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > We have a huge number of accounts/campaigns/ad groups/keywords. Using > > the AdWords API to fetch keywords and automate updates cost us $5,000 > > for the first month. For each account, our application used the > > CampaignService to loop through each campaign and, in turn using the > > AdGroupService to loop through each ad group to fetch all keywords. > > With millions and millions of keywords, performing this process a > > couple of times quickly put us above the free API point limits. > > > We were exporing methods to reduce the API point consumption. One > > method could be using the ReportService to download the XML data. Two > > issues with that: 1) The connection may time out before the entire > > report is downloaded from the provided URL. 2) API v2009 will not have > > a ReportService when it is first released. > > > Any suggestions?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
